Melker Abbey Library: Next Stage of Renovation is Imminent

The renovation of the Melk Abbey Library, which started in 2022, is expected to be completed by 2032. The total cost of the work amounts to around twelve million euros, according to a press release on Friday.

Melk Abbey Library "A Business Card to the World"

Melk Abbey is a "business card to the world" and recorded 455,000 visitors last year, said Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP). "To this day, the abbey library exists as an internationally used knowledge center, a place of research and encounter," emphasized Abbot Georg Wilfinger. The support association "Ex Litteris Immortalitas" raised a little more than 100,000 euros in 2024, informed President Erwin Hameseder. Melk Abbey contributes 47 percent of its own funds, the state of Lower Austria covers 25 percent of the costs, the federal government 15 percent, the support association ten percent, and the town of Melk three percent.

(APA/Red)

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